Conservative lawmakers stump for Flippo

2:39 PM,
May 29, 2014

Scott Flippo speaks during a press conference at the Baxter County Courthouse on Thursday. Flippo and his political supporters spoke out against Arkansas' private option health care reform law during the press conference. Flippo, a Mountain Home businessman, is in a runoff on June 10 with State Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, for the District 17 state senate seat.

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JOSEPH PRICE
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Conservative legislators from across the state turned out to support Republican hopeful Scott Flippo at the Baxter County Courthouse on Thursday. Flippo, a Mountain Home businessman, will be facing State Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, in a June 10 runoff election for the District 17 Arkansas State Senate seat.

The visiting legislators emphasized both Flippo's conservative and business credentials, while at the same time hammering the private option as being unsustainable. The speakers each said they worried about the long-term impact that the private option, which some of them ...